Riesa

Riesa is a Mittelstadt within the Saxon district of Meissen. It lies on a place of 58.91 rectangular kilometers on the left facet of the Elbe. The city has become recognized specially via its metallic industry and as a sports activities metropolis. The legend was first recorded in 1785 by way of the Boritz pastor Johann Friedrich Ursinus.

Once a massive got here on his way to the banks of the Elbe. Before he crossed the river, he took a quick rest. He felt in his boots a squeeze that arose from the grains of sand amassed on the long journey and small stones. He sat down on the shore and, moaning, removed his boots and turned them over. The end result become a huge hill on which the first houses of Riesa have been built. So the Riesaer explains the name of their metropolis. The large is primarily based in this story a name signal of Riesa. The large crowns a version of the coat of hands and is taken into consideration a city mascot. Since 2004, master brewer Gunter Spies of HammerBrau in Giant Hill formally embodies the Riesa metropolis mascot.